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Bonny Specker is affiliated with South Dakota State University in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on Medicine, with significant contributions to Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Physiology, Mathematical Physics, and Nutrition and Dietetics.

The scientist's work encompasses several key topics, including:

  • Advanced Mathematical Theories
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Rings, Modules, and Algebras
  • Influenza Virus Research Studies
  • Vitamin D Research Studies

Specker has contributed papers across various publication venues, such as:

  • UNC Libraries
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • European Journal of Nutrition
  • Lipids
  • Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Bonny Specker include:

  • "Individual participant data (IPD)-level meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials with vitamin D-fortified foods to estimate Dietary Reference Values for vitamin D," 2020, European Journal of Nutrition
  • "Plasma Ceramides and Triglycerides Are Elevated during Pregnancy in Association with Markers of Insulin Resistance in Hutterite Women," 2020, Lipids
  • "Feasibility and Effects on Muscle Function of an Exercise Program for Older Adults," 2020, Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
  • "Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies among rural healthcare workers," 2021, Journal of Medical Virology
  • "The ring of polyfunctions over Z/nZ," 2022, Communications in Algebra

Frequent collaborators with whom Specker has published multiple papers include:

  • Norbert Hungerbühler
  • Micha Wasem
  • Jordan Z. Neises
  • Md. Saddam Hossain
  • Rifat Sultana

Best Publications

  • Estrogen Resistance Caused by a Mutation in the Estrogen-Receptor Gene in a Man

    Eric P. Smith;Jeff Boyd;Graeme R. Frank;Hiroyuki Takahashi

  • Consensus Statement: Global Consensus Recommendations on Prevention and Management of Nutritional Rickets

    Craig F. Munns;Nick Shaw;Mairead Kiely;Bonny L. Specker

  • Global Consensus Recommendations on Prevention and Management of Nutritional Rickets

    Craig F. Munns;Nick Shaw;Mairead Kiely;Bonny L. Specker

  • Dieting Behavior and Eating Attitudes in Children

    Michael J. Maloney;Julie McGuire;Stephen R. Daniels;Bonny Specker

  • Factors associated with physical activity in preschool children.

    Kevin Finn;Neil Johannsen;Bonny Specker

  • Prospective multicenter study of thyroid carcinoma treatment initial analysis of staging and outcome

    Steven I. Sherman;D M B James Brierley;Matthew Sperling;Kenneth B. Ain

  • Calcium intake and hip fracture risk in men and women: a meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies and randomized controlled trials

    Heike A Bischoff-Ferrari;Bess Dawson-Hughes;John A Baron;Peter Burckhardt

  • Thyrotropin Suppression and Disease Progression in Patients with Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: Results from the National Thyroid Cancer Treatment Cooperative Registry

    David S. Cooper;Bonny Specker;Mona Ho;Matthew Sperling

  • Influence of parents' eating behaviors and child feeding practices on children's weight status.

    Darcy L. Johannsen;Neil M. Johannsen;Bonny L. Specker

  • Sunshine exposure and serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations in exclusively breast-fed infants

    Bonny L. Specker;Barbara Valanis;Vicki Hertzberg;Neil Edwards

  • Randomized trial of physical activity and calcium supplementation on bone mineral content in 3- to 5-year-old children.

    Bonny Specker;Teresa L. Binkley

  • The effect of calcium supplementation on bone density during lactation and after weaning.

    Heidi J. Kalkwarf;Bonny L. Specker;Donna C. Bianchi;Julie Ranz

  • Evidence for an interaction between calcium intake and physical activity on changes in bone mineral density

    Bonny L. Specker

  • Bone mineral loss during lactation and recovery after weaning

    Heidi J. Kalkwarf;Bonny L. Specker

  • Bone mineral density in elite 7- to 9-yr-old female gymnasts and swimmers

    Cynthia Cassell;Michael Benedict;Bonny Specker

  • Bone mineral changes during pregnancy and lactation

    Heidi J. Kalkwarf;Bonny L. Specker

  • Outcome after Treatment of High-Risk Papillary and Non-Hurthle-Cell Follicular Thyroid Carcinoma

    Terry Taylor;Bonny Specker;Jacob Robbins;Matthew Sperling

  • Vitamin D requirements during pregnancy

    Bonny Specker

  • Effect of Race and Diet on Human-Milk Vitamin D and 25-Hydroxyvitamin D

    Bonny L. Specker;Reginald C. Tsang;Bruce W. Hollis

  • Vitamin B-12: low milk concentrations are related to low serum concentrations in vegetarian women and to methylmalonic aciduria in their infants.

    Bonny L Specker;Anne Black;Lindsay Allen;Frank Morrow

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen R. Daniels
Stephen R. Daniels University of Colorado Denver
Kenneth S. Korach
Kenneth S. Korach National Institutes of Health
Linda A. DiMeglio
Linda A. DiMeglio Indiana University
Alfred L. Yergey
Alfred L. Yergey National Institutes of Health
Dennis B. Lubahn
Dennis B. Lubahn University of Missouri
Daniel J. Lovell
Daniel J. Lovell Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Bruce W. Hollis
Bruce W. Hollis Medical University of South Carolina
Steven A. Abrams
Steven A. Abrams The University of Texas at Austin
Elina Hyppönen
Elina Hyppönen University of South Australia
Robert M. Cohen
Robert M. Cohen University of Cincinnati Medical Center

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